ASHEVILLE - Kerran Scott Dunst, 42, was last seen by his roommate eating dinner at his Reynolds home on April 24.

The next morning, Dunst was gone, along with his car, a dark blue-gray 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee with N.C. State University vanity plates.

Now, Dunst's bank records and credit cards show no activity. His phone goes directly to voicemail.

Dunst's father, Carl Dunst of Old Fort, last received a text from his son at 2:15 p.m. April 25. According to the text, Kerran Dunst intended to visit his father around 4 p.m.

But Kerran Dunst never arrived, and hasn't sent any text messages from his phone since, according to phone records.

"I sent multiple text messages the next few days until his cell phone stopped working," Carl Dunst said.

On April 29, the Buncombe County Sheriff's Office advised area law enforcement to be on the lookout for Kerran Dunst. On Monday, sheriff's spokeswoman Natalie Bailey said she had no updates on the case.

Kerran Dunst, a bearded and heavy-set 6-foot white male with salt-and-pepper hair and brown eyes, seems to have disappeared without a trace. His father said Kerran's phone went dead on April 27. Nothing seems to be missing from his room.

"He didn't leave any information, and the detectives say that when they went out to check his room, they didn't find anything unusual," Carl Dunst said. "It's very unlike him."

Carl and Kerran Dunst returned from a trip to Portugal and Spain in mid-April, where Kerran Dunst had been talkative and in high spirits, his father said. His son, he said, has bipolar disorder.

"Something (happened) between when we got back and when he went missing," Carl Dunst said. "I tried to get him to tell me what was going on and the only thing he would tell me is that he had some things to work through — and he repeated that three or four times."

Carl Dunst said he believes his son, who is unemployed, filled his gas tank before he went missing, allowing him to travel up to 300 miles in any direction. The missing man has friends in Raleigh; Greenville, South Carolina; and Tucker, Georgia, his father said.

Carl Dunst said his son is a social creature who frequents concerts. While he's withdrawn before, it's never been for this long, he said.

"I'm trying to remain positive, but unless he's with somebody he knows, he hasn't used his credit cards or checking accounts, so he's not bought any food."